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Dr. Pim van Lommel, a renowned cardiologist, was so inspired by the stories his patients told of their Near Death Experiences (NDEs) that he became the first medical practitioner to risk his reputation with a full, systematic trial into the phenomenon.

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Pim van Lommel is a world-renowned cardiologist. Since his initial study of Near Death Experiences, which was published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, Dr. van Lommel has resigned his post as a practising cardiologist to devote his time to

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"The most significant contribution to the field to appear in many years, containing as it does [van Lommel's] mature philosophical reflections on the implications of the findings of his study on near-death experiences in survivors of cardiac arrest."--David Lorimer, editor of the Network Review